Dietary Diversity and Micronutrient Intake of Adult Women in Ogun State, Nigeria (Case Study)

Abstract

Micronutrient malnutrition is likely to be widespread in underdeveloped areas of the world when there is undernourishment brought on by lack of dietary diversity. This study is a community-based cross sectional and descriptive design. The sample size and study population comprised of 170 respondents selected using a multistage sampling techniques in Odeda Local Government Area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Data on the socio-economic, sociodemographic, food and nutrient intake and minimum dietary diversity for women were gathered using a well-structured questionnaire that was administered by an interviewer. Utilizing Nutri-Survey, micronutrient intakes were calculated based on 24-hour dietary intake recall. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 20.0 was used to analyze the data. The findings were displayed as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The respondents' sociodemographic and socioeconomic data revealed a mean age of 33.5 years. The average DDS was 3.92, and the majority (71.8%) of the respondents had poor scores for dietary diversity while 28.2% had low scores. While the respondents' intake of some micronutrients, such as zinc and phosphorus, was adequate, it was below the recommended dietary intake for others, including vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, total folic acid, vitamin C, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron.The study indicates that the women residing in this community consume a diet that has a low diversity, consistent with a diet low in micronutrients, however, the phosphorous and zinc status were adequate.